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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
But all that aside, I think to most people, Pearl Harbor means sneak attack.
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.... which is why I knew sooner or later I was going to have to again explain the concept. Yes, the emotional aspect of Pearl Harbor is why it made such a perfect smoking gun. Hands down - it so vilified the Axis powers as to make, for example, spys virtually impossible within this country. It completely destroyed any anti-war movement. It did just as Admiral Yamamoto worried. It awoke a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve.
But the point remains that the US invaded Iraq on same principles that America considers so despicable at Pearl Harbor. Unfortunately some people prefer not to see it that way.